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Case Status:    DISMISSED    
On or around 03/08/2024 (Date of last review)

Filing Date: April 03, 2020

According to the Complaint, Binance launched in July 2017. By January 2018, it had become, and remains, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, with a market capitalization of $1.3 billion and the highest trading volume of any such exchange. Binance facilitates trades in digital assets, including the Tokens, by providing a marketplace and facilities for bringing together buyers and sellers of securities, in exchange for Binance taking a fee for every transaction it facilitates.

On behalf of a class of investors who purchased twelve digital tokens that Binance has sold through its online exchange since July 1, 2017 (the “Class”), without registering under applicable federal and state securities laws as an exchange or broker-dealer, and without a registration statement in effect for the securities it was selling, Plaintiffs and members of the Class seek to recover the consideration paid for the tokens and the fees they paid to Binance in connection with their purchases of EOS, BNT, SNT, QSP, KNC, TRX, FUN, ICX, OMG, LEND, ELF, and CVC (together, the “Tokens”).

On August 26, 2020, the Court issued an Order appointing Lead Plaintiffs and Counsel. Lead Plaintiffs filed an amended Complaint on September 11.

On December 15, 2020, Lead Plaintiffs filed a second amended Complaint. Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss the second amended Complaint on February 16, 2021. Claims against two of the individual Defendants were voluntarily dismissed on April 6. On March 31, 2022, the Court issued an Order granting Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. The Clerk of Court entered judgment dismissing the case on the same day.

Lead Plaintiffs filed a notice appealing the Court's Dismissal Order on April 29, 2022. On March 8, 2024, the Court of Appeals reversed the ruling of the District Court and remanded the case for further proceedings.

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